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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 May 2022, the name of the granting authority for the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the specific reference number of the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the name of the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regulatory Bodies (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that case files are allocated to board members of an Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the death of a journalist (details supplied); the measures that he will take at the levels of the European Union and United Nations to highlight the ongoing abuse of human rights in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will recruit more staff to deal with the influx of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been engaging in the dispute between Galway coach station and private coach operators that use the station; the work that has been undertaken by his Department to resolve the dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all members of An Bord Pleanála and the name of each prescribed body they were nominated by in tabular form. [25524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of processing the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry; when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht os comhair an coiste. I thank our guests for attending this meeting to make their presentations and answer questions. Obviously, it takes a large portion of time out of their day and it is very helpful to us that they have made their time available. My first question relates to section 22. I am looking at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is very interesting. I thank Ms Cassidy. I ask Mr. Devitt to comment on this. What are his views and concerns about section 22?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. Davitt. That is quite interesting. I have to say I agree with much of what he has said. What the witnesses said and what SIPO said in 2016 on the issue of switching sides is important. The perception of a revolving door can serve to undermine public trust in the impartiality of public bodies. It is quite an interesting concept. The whole concept of a revolving door does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is quite interesting. I thank Mr. Devitt for commenting on that. My third question is on one of the perceived weaknesses of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 in that it applies to persons, for example, a special adviser lobbying his or her former colleagues. If somebody is a special adviser in one Department, he or she cannot lobby officials, let us say, in that Department. We all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I am sorry; I still have questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. I thank Ms Cassidy. One of the banes of my existence is probably in relation to the lobbying register itself. One thing I felt was absent from this Bill but that could be incorporated was some better connection to the lobbying register. I have often found the information one gets in the lobbying register to be too limited to be really meaningful. We often know the names of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Ms Cassidy. I understand it is more difficult for Mr. Devitt to comment on what he thinks will be included but it would be helpful if he could.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It would be very interesting even for students to see how things work.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of the crusading South African journalist, Henry Nxumalo, a man whose pioneering reporting helped to document the horrors of apartheid South Africa. Nobody was ever held accountable for his death. It is obvious why Mr. Nxumalo was murdered. It is equally obvious why another apartheid regime, Israel, last week murdered the brilliant Al...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scéimeanna Tuaithe (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit maidir leis an gceist a fhreagairt. Dhíreoinn ar rud eile atá ag cur as dó seo agus ar na deacrachtaí faoi leith atá ag na hoileáin, is iad sin na costais riaracháin freisin. Má táimid ag iarraidh go n-úsáideann daoine LEADER agus gur féidir le daoine cur isteach air, teastaíonn an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scéimeanna Tuaithe (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an cheist seo a thógáil. Táimid ag iarraidh ceist LEADER ar na hoileáin a ardú leis. Bhíodh sé á thaifeadadh i ngrúpaí do na hoileáin ar fad ach athraíodh é seo roinnt blianta ó shin nuair a socraíodh é a dháileadh ag aon ghrúpa amháin in aghaidh an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (18 May 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the multiple flight operations application issued by his Department is being used illegally at Shannon by a company (details supplied) to transport howitzer guns with ammunition on board an aircraft through Shannon Airport on 7 and 8 May 2022. [25300/22]